Have Aurelion players considered that the rework isn't for them?

Maybe it's for the rest of us? Have you thought about that?

Aurelion was not a healthy champion with the early game power he had, basically permanent priority of most lanes unless he was counterpicked. Riot made the right call by nerfing this low interaction strategy but keeping it possible (and not guaranteed) in the hands of a good player, and catering him more towards the scaling map dominance fantasy he was originally meant to play into. It might upset the original players but frankly, Riot made the correct call in rebalancing him for the betterment of the game.

I would definitely give this rework an A+ for Riots good work. These recent updates have all been very on point; Garen, Annie and Aurelion are getting some very good work.